Fees apply
The course aims to provide suitably qualified professionals in the local government industry with a program of advanced study in policy making and management processes.
The program focuses on providing students with the opportunity to acquire advanced knowledge of the structure, content and outcome of management processes in local government.
The program emphasises using this knowledge to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of local government operations.
Bathurst campus
Distance education by Coursework or by Coursework and Dissertation
3 years (6 sessions)
Applicants are required to have an undergraduate degree from a recognised Australian tertiary institution or a qualification deemed to be equivalent. Applicants with other academic and/or professional qualifications and/or work experience acceptable to the University will be considered.
Credit up to a maximum of five subjects of the 12 subject course, may be given to a student who has completed equivalent study at Masters level at a recognised tertiary institution.
Exemption from a subject may be granted where a student has previously passed, at an appropriate level, a subject substantially similar in content to a subject of the Masters course, but has not claimed or been granted credit. An alternative subject from the Master of Business program will be taken as a substitute. Exemption (and consequent substitution) occurs to prevent repetition of study of a subject area. Exemption does not reduce the number of subjects needed to complete the course requirements.
To graduate, students must complete a total of 12 compulsory subjects, including a final session research project.
Students are advised to carefully check subject availability and prerequisites as not all subjects are offered every session. A list of subjects on offer is mailed to distance education students.
ECO502 Economics for Public Sector Management
MGT540 Management of Change
PAD591 Public Sector Management
ACC526 Accounting & Finance for Management
ECO505 Intergovernmental Relations
LGM550 Policy & Action in Local Government
LGM540 Public Sector Management & Policy
LGM530 Management of Local Development
Coursework Stream
*(Option 1)
*(Option 2)
or
Dissertation Stream
LGM501 Research Methods
LGM502 Dissertation
Coursework Stream
*(Option 3)
*(Option 4)
or
Dissertation Stream
LGM502 Dissertation
*Options may be chosen from any Masters level subjects offered by the Faculty for which prerequisite requirements can be satisfied.
#The dissertation is the equivalent of three subjects. Students will only be permitted to undertake the dissertation if they have achieved an average grade of at least Credit in their coursework subjects.
Workshop meetings are held on campus each year. Students are advised of precise dates in the preceding session.
Course Coordinator
Associate Professor Terry Bishop
School of Accounting
Telephone: (063) 38 4317
Facsimile: (063) 38 4405
Email: tbishop@csu.edu.au
Last Revised: 25 November 1996.
